Shelford environment news

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What can go in my green bin?

Yes:

• Garden waste, like grass cuttings and leaves

• Untreated wood

• Straw and sawdust

• Food waste including meat, fish, dairy, cooked food, fruit and vegetable peelings. (Wrap them in paper bags or newspaper - not compostable 'plastic' bags)

• Cooled wood ash, bagged in a paper sack

• Used paper tissues and kitchen paper.

No:

• Any plastic

• Plastic type bags/sacks and biodegradable/compostable 'plastic' food waste bags

• Cat or dog waste

• Soil, stones or turf

• Treated wood

• Rubble

• Loose ash of any kind, and coal ash

• Batteries (inside the bin).​

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What can go in my blue bin?

Yes:

• Paper, newspapers, magazines and envelopes

• Cardboard

• Cartons (for example, Tetra Pak)

• Empty plastic bags (except black bin bags)

• Non-metallic plastic packets or wrappers, for example: bread bags, pasta bags

• Plastic bottles, pots, tubs and trays (excluding any black plastic which cannot currently be recycled)

• Food and drinks cans

• Empty aerosols

• Greetings cards

• Wrapping paper (no metallic plastic)

• Tinfoil and foil trays

• Biscuit and sweet tins

• Glass jars and bottles

• Shredded paper (must be bagged in a paper or clean plastic bag).

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Batteries must not be put inside bins as they cause fires in the lorries and at the waste and recycling site. To recycle household batteries including AA and AAA cells, button batteries, size C and D, put them in a small tied plastic bag and place it loosely on top of your blue, green or black bin lid. 

No:

• Food

• Liquids

• Nappies

• Clothes, textiles or shoes (take to charity shops or clothing banks)

• Expanded polystyrene or Styrofoam

• Foam/sponge

• Non-packaging plastic (for example, toys and bowls)

• Metallic plastic wrappers e.g. crisp packets

• Black bin bags

• Recycling in plastic bags (except completely transparent ones)

• Flat glass or mirrors

• Pyrex

• Kitchen paper and tissues

• Dirty packaging

• Paint tins

• Batteries (inside the bin).

Posted June 12 2025